lockdown

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Synonyms: lock down, lookdown, lock-down, low-down, lowdown, knockdown, look down, lock on, backdown, low down, lockdowns

Antonyms: lock down, lookdown, lock-down, low-down, lowdown, knockdown, look down, lock on, backdown, low down, lockdowns

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Noun

1. The [[confinement]] of people in their own [[room]]s (e.g., in a school) or [[cell]]s (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a [[security]] measure after or amid a [[disturbance]] or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a [[pandemic]].
2. {{lb|en|US}} A contrivance to [[fasten]] [[log]]s together in rafting.

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